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Q116

Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in ---Q110 to Q119

on patrol, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Origin unknown (S-3062)1945, on patrol, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Origin unknown (S-3062)

Builder:

Hunter Boats

Orillia, Ont.

Commissioned:

July 12, 1944

Launched:

September 25, 1943

Disposal:

Retained

Career:

October 13, 1943: Exploded during building at Hunter Boats, Orillia, Ontario.

Retained in RCN in 1945 and transferred to Naval Reserves in 1949 then to HMCS York in 1952 and renamed Reindeer (ex- PTC-716).

Eng. :  Hercules diesel.

Paid off in June 1955 and burned ashore at Desjardins Canal, Hamilton, Ontario.

Other pictures of Q116

May 13 1944, Hunter Boats Works, Orillia, Ontario.Toronto Star Archives collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 27, 1943. Origin unknown

July 27, 1943. Origin unknown

In Peterborough lift-lock, Trent Canal at Kirkfield, Ontario. Origin unknown

In Peterborough lift-lock, Trent Canal at Kirkfield, Ontario. Origin unknown

Reindeer PTC 716

Trent River, Ont. Mid-50's,Dennis Cardy collection

Trent River, Ont. Mid-50’s. Dennis Cardy collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

ML-Q116-as-HMCS-Reindeer-716--MIKAN-No--4938638 Hamilton, Ontario, 23 April 1953.

ML-Q116-as-HMCS-Reindeer-716–MIKAN-No–4938638 Hamilton, Ontario, 23 April 1953.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Circa 1952. Reindeer PTC 716 at Hamilton Harbour Commissioners Marine Dock. René Beauchamp collection

Circa 1953. Reindeer PTC 716 at Hamilton Harbour Commissioners Marine Dock. René Beauchamp collection

Circa June 1955, Reindeer burned ashore at The Desjardins Canal,adjacent to Hamilton, Ontario. Origin unknown

Circa June 1955, Reindeer burned ashore at Desjardins Canal,adjacent to Hamilton, Ontario. Origin unknown

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